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Consultant, please conduct a seated interview. Period of intended employment 4/1/2025-11/30/2025. Place of employment: Multiple worksites in Benewah and Clearwater Counties Idaho and Whitman, Adams and Grant Counties Washington will be used. Worksite location varies depending upon season, weather and grazing rotation.

Must have 3 months experience with 800 - 1000 head flocks. One reference required. Attends livestock grazing on range or pasture: Herds and rounds up strays using trained dogs. Attend to livestock grazing on the range to include Herding livestock on the range or in pastures while riding on horseback, riding ATVs, or walking on foot. Beds down flock near evening campsite. Guards\' livestock from predatory animals and from eating poisonous plants. Drenches sheep. May ride horseback or on UTV to examine animals for signs of illness and administer vaccines, medications and insecticides according to instructions. Range herding is completed when vegetation is not in a dormant state. A range herder requires knowledge and maintenance of rangeland in order to avoid overgrazing of the range land and prevention of animals ingesting noxious weeds. The proper grazing action of these animals helps to reduce wildland fire fuel, increase soil fertility and improve vegetation. Experienced employees hired for this type of position would need to have the knowledge of maintaining a herd on a range, so the animals dont disperse in large open areas, be able to promote proper grazing of rangeland, and predator control on the range. May perform general repairs on fences May assist with irrigation of forage. May assist in lambing, docking, and shearing. The following seasonal duties will need to be performed. Herder will need to move pregnant ewes to lambing grounds. Be able to identify signs of ewes going into labor and identify potential problems during the labor process. Know how and when to assist during difficult births. Be able to properly constrain ewes for difficult births and able to graft orphan lambs to mothers. Ability to identify herd health issues including but not limited to malnutrition of ewes and lambs, prolapse and mastitis. Provide water to animals, including minor maintenance of water troughs and water lines. May need to haul water in truck to supplement animal water needs. May need to provide supplement feed for the ewes and lambs if the range has insufficient forage. Disperse livestock on the range to reduce overcrowding and increase the success of mother and lamb bonding. Protect vulnerable livestock (lambs & ewes in labor) from predators. Move Ewes and lambs and assist in branding, castrating, vaccinating, tagging, and worming. Ability to safely catch lambs with a hook. Move livestock to summer range grounds. Some work/tasks may occur off the range, but more than 51% of work will be performed on the range. Western Range Association and its member ranches facilitate practices of good animal husbandry. Employees that are found abusing, neglecting or abandoning livestock entrusted to their care may be terminated for cause. If the negligent/abusive actions of an employee result in the loss/death of livestock/animals or cause harm to another person, the employee may be held accountable for these actions. The worker will live in the employer provided range housing. Said housing will be clean and in good repair at the time it is provided to the employee. The employee is responsible to maintain the housing unit in a reasonable level of cleanliness in order to avoid flies, mice or other vermin. The employee is responsible to alert the employer of damage to the housing unit within a reasonable amount of time. The employee may be held accountable for damage to the housing unit that is the result of negligence on the part of the employee (normal we r and tear excepted). ***Hours worked footnote: On call for up to 24 hours 7 days a week**Cell phones, along with sufficient minutes are provided for communication, without charge or deposit, to each worker during the entire period of employment. in the rare instance where the worker(s) is located in an area without cell phone service, the worker will be contacted, in person by either the employer or another employee of Union Cattle Company, on a preset schedule (every 3rd or 4th day) if not more regularly. Camps are moved by the employer or another employee of Union Cattle Company. EMPLOYER PROVIDED ITEMS Dogs, binoculars, four-wheeler, shovel, sleeping bag, rain gear, insulated coveralls, winter boots, stocking hat and gloves. In addition to these items, the worker(s) is provided other tools, supplies, and equipment, as required by law, and to work safely and effectively.